In telecommunications and computing, bitrate sometimes called data rate is the number of bits that are processed per unit of time. The bit rate is measured using bits per second (bit/s or bps). It can also be measured in kilobits (kbit/s or kbps), megabits (Mbit/s or Mbps), gigabits (Gbit/s or Gbps) or even terabits (Tbit/s or Tbps).